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it was a wonderful moment when obama could have shown his enormous love for the democracy protestors here. went to the university of cairo 18 months ago, preached freedom, liberation, et cetera. when these people demonstrated their courage, he didn't know which side to take. it was he who produced the clenched fist rather than the hand of democracy. there would have been some american flags around today if he had come out in the beginning and that would have solved so much anti-american rage in the middle east. not al qaeda's rage, but the u.s. would have suddenly... you'd have american flags and egyptian flags together. obama came out, honored his word at the university from the start he said the state security police he didn't do that, he went along with the torture state but i'll say this, up to now this is probably... up to this moment in 36 years in the middle east probably the happiest story i've ever covered. but i'll tell you a little instant just to show you the edge here in our western world. my colleague don mcintire is talking to some british tourists who were leaving and
it was a wonderful moment when obama could have shown his enormous love for the democracy protestors here. went to the university of cairo 18 months ago, preached freedom, liberation, et cetera. when these people demonstrated their courage, he didn't know which side to take. it was he who produced the clenched fist rather than the hand of democracy. there would have been some american flags around today if he had come out in the beginning and that would have solved so much anti-american rage in...
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and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to go, he says, and we need a year to prepare elections. >> rose: i want to turn to one thing that i thought you wrote about really well, which is the sense of dignity that pervades the people that you have met. i'm quoting now from a man who said "why would we trust him now to play it right?" that's the question the west hand answered. you say "the deeper problem is more culture than political, to accept the mubarak or chaos argument is a form of disrespect to the civility and capacity of tahrir square. it's an expression of western failure before the expl
and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to...
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is obama down? i think what's responsibility that democracy groups like n.d.i. in america and different n.g.o.s involved in democracy promotion, i was talking to one of the older people in the square but a doctor who's definitely part of this process he said what we desperately need are the building blocks of civil society. mubarak never let us have that. the only people who have it are muslim brothers. so they have powerful n.g.o.s. they have the abilitto organize. they have a political arm. the authentic very powerful group, they don't have that. and the best thing we can do... two things we can do for egypt that would... one is at the n.g.o. end level get over here. get over here and simply volunteer not to order, not direct, not dictate but to say do you need to know how to organize these kind of things? here's our experience. >> rose: egypt can now open itself up to all of the intelligence and all of the creativity in the world to join their own process. >> and there's one last thing we can do
is obama down? i think what's responsibility that democracy groups like n.d.i. in america and different n.g.o.s involved in democracy promotion, i was talking to one of the older people in the square but a doctor who's definitely part of this process he said what we desperately need are the building blocks of civil society. mubarak never let us have that. the only people who have it are muslim brothers. so they have powerful n.g.o.s. they have the abilitto organize. they have a political arm....
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here >> first of all, as you know, i have supported the obama administration's foreign policy and i want them to succeed. i'm concerned that there is a danger of confusion confusing the process by which the change of government stays in place with a contest that has to take place after this. i do not think the administration will be in a position to put itself at the head of the true democratic parade around the world baby becoming too involved in the process of changing the governmental structure of egypt. in fact, i believe that if the process of changing the government is structured, it's not well-conducted. the more important contest that will come afterwards when the non-democratic and anti-democratic forces begin to organize each other will become much more difficult to contest. right now the radical and extremist and jihadist forces want somebody to create the democratic space so that they can afterwards pursue their objectives, many of which are against our interests and in the process of moving towards a democratic system we should keep in mind that there are two separate e
here >> first of all, as you know, i have supported the obama administration's foreign policy and i want them to succeed. i'm concerned that there is a danger of confusion confusing the process by which the change of government stays in place with a contest that has to take place after this. i do not think the administration will be in a position to put itself at the head of the true democratic parade around the world baby becoming too involved in the process of changing the governmental...
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. >> then president obama in washington said this. >> today belongs to the people of egypt. and the american people are moved by these scenes in cairo and across egypt because of who we are as a people. and the kind of world that we want our children to grow up in. the word tahrir means liberation. there is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. and forever more it will remind us of the egyptian people. and what they did, of the things that they stood for. and how they changed their country and in doing so, changed the world. >> rose: it is hard, very hard to express the emotion that is so powerful on the streets of this city. here's some of the scenes my producers shot with bhee as we came to the studio this evening. >> . >> we are a revolution . >>> . >> these pictures speak volumes but make no mistake, the hard work is just beginning. the people who have made this day from all sides now come together to try to reshape a country. we begin our conversation about this day in just a moment. >> we are now here with hafez al mirazi, a talk
. >> then president obama in washington said this. >> today belongs to the people of egypt. and the american people are moved by these scenes in cairo and across egypt because of who we are as a people. and the kind of world that we want our children to grow up in. the word tahrir means liberation. there is a word that speaks to that something in our souls that cries out for freedom. and forever more it will remind us of the egyptian people. and what they did, of the things that...
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obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to bin laden. you don't swear allegiance to al-qaeda you swear allegiance to bin laden himself. >> charlie: where does that come from? >> the phrase in arabic is buy out which is an old idea an islamic ruler you swear oath of allegiance. the numbers of al-qaeda have always been small. i think it's a bit of red herring to just focus on the numbers because the strength of al-qaeda is to have a group for these ideas. so you see itself as an elite group that's trying to influence other people. the good news is that more and more muslims are turning againt it. that's beginning to change. >> charlie: the afghan star
obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to...
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and you can only imagine the young obama listening to this. i'm told that when obama meets with human rights activists from around the world privately he had sometimes describe his own experiences as a boy. i knows what what it's like to live in a-- he lived in, i lived there myself. i think that has come up this week. i think another feeling that obama has having lived through this, is that once the process of change really begins to roll, you can't put it back in the box. you can't stop it. i think obama with his natural reticence was reluctant to jump on this, to clamour for mubarak's depar ture. i also think he believes deeply that america has been part of the problem in that part of the world, that one sure way to undermine a reform movement is to embrace it with the american flag, for us to be calling the shots. i think he didn't want to do that. i'm told that at the end of the situation room meetings over the last week the president has turned to his aides and said we need to think about this in the larger complex. what is going on here
and you can only imagine the young obama listening to this. i'm told that when obama meets with human rights activists from around the world privately he had sometimes describe his own experiences as a boy. i knows what what it's like to live in a-- he lived in, i lived there myself. i think that has come up this week. i think another feeling that obama has having lived through this, is that once the process of change really begins to roll, you can't put it back in the box. you can't stop it. i...
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but you also had the obama administration model of not doing anything at all in the last... in the last two years. there is a way to support reform but not impose it and i totally agree rob. reform issues should be high on the list of issues prior to issues that the u.s. has in... when it deals with countries of the region. that doesn't mean that you impose it, but it does mean that you make these countries understand that this is something that the u.s. cares deeply about. if it is done in a consistent level and if it is done at all levels-- from the president to the ambassador-- then i think that you can do it in a collaborative way. >> rose: is the united states today less influential in the middle east than it was a monday ago? >> you know, you cannot be behind the curve and then hope that in a week or so you get ahead and regain your credibility in one week. this is a long-term process. i'm not sure there's anything the united states can do today on the egyptian scene. i mean it has been behind the curb on egypt and we are now seeing what the results are. but i think th
but you also had the obama administration model of not doing anything at all in the last... in the last two years. there is a way to support reform but not impose it and i totally agree rob. reform issues should be high on the list of issues prior to issues that the u.s. has in... when it deals with countries of the region. that doesn't mean that you impose it, but it does mean that you make these countries understand that this is something that the u.s. cares deeply about. if it is done in a...